A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury began the 2008-09 season wearing this black Penguins home jersey in Sweden. As the first overall pick in the 2003 draft got set to face the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm, little did he know that he would cap the campaign with a spectacular save to give Pittsburgh its first Stanley Cup in 17 years! Fleury's last-second lunge to stop Swedish superstar Nicklas Lidstrom's shot clinched the Cup for the Penguins as time expired at the end of Game 7 in Detroit's Joe Louis Arena. This beauty of a Penguins gamer features the NHL Premiere Stockholm patch sewn onto the right breast, with the blue and yellow Swedish flag and "4-5 October 2008", the date of the two season-opening games between Pittsburgh and Ottawa. Size 58 and "Goalie Style" fly tags are sewn into the neck. The Cutting Edge Sports tag sewn inside the rear hem reads in part, "The Pittsburgh Penguins, Stockholm, Oct. 4-5, 2008". It features the facsimile signature of equipment manager Dana Heinze, who has also signed the fight strap in black marker. What a piece to own from the outset of Fleury's first Stanley Cup season. Comes with a letter of authenticity on Pittsburgh Penguins letterhead signed by Heinze and Pens senior VP Dave Soltesz.
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